“I can’t even wrap my head around the idea of a holographic Chester”, he said. “I’ve actually heard other people outside the band suggest that, and there’s absolutely no way … That would be the worst. For any of you guys who have lost a loved one, best friend, family member, can you imagine having a hologram of them? Ugh. I can’t do it. I don’t know what we’re gonna do, but, you know, we’ll figure it out eventually”.

Various musicians have returned to the stage as (sort of) holograms, including Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, Tupac Shakur and Ronnie James Dio, and various ventures are underway to start touring hologram versions of deceased pop stars.

Though none of those were designed as a means for a band to continue working in the immediate wake of a bandmate’s death.